Methods The study population comprised 710 patients aged 70 years or older who underwent
emergency surgery for intra-abdominal disorders. Between 1986 and 1990, we reviewed …

A vascularized bone graft from the head and neck of the index metacarpal bone was used for
the treatment of stage IIIA Kienböck's disease in a 20-year-old woman. Three months after …

A case is reported of a patient with a lentiginous acral melanoma of the heel that was excised
and recurred 3 years later at the margin of the previous scar. After another 3 years, a group …

Bony pedicled grafts arising from the second metacarpal have been described, mainly for
the treatment of recurrent pseudarthrosis of the scaphoid. The clinical use of this graft has …

BACKGROUND Elderly patients with life-threatening abdominal disease are undergoing
emergency surgery in increasing numbers, but emergency procedures generally are …

The gracilis muscle is a flat and thin muscle that is well suited for the coverage of medium-size
defects. One reason it is used as a free flap is the anatomic consistency of its vascular …

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Transplantation holds great potential for plastic surgery. It could prove to be the revolution that
finally allows us to fulfill Gillies’ principle of replacing “like with like.” The recent composite …

… Mathoulin MD , Rames Mattar Jr MD , Michael Sauerbier MD … Bengoechea-Beeby et al.
used a VBG from the index metacarpal, as described by Brunelli et al. The low numbers prevent …